When a Checkout Crosses the Calibration Due Date
A gauge booked out for a long job can go overdue mid-possession and quietly break traceability. Catch the collision at approval, not at audit.
Tag: possession audit trail
Prove the Chain: Cross-Border Gauge Custody in the EU
A gauge leaves your German plant for Spain. Can you prove who held it and that it was in-cal when it measured a part? Build an audit-ready custody trail.
Not Your Gauge, Still Your Audit Finding
A customer's wrench, a loaner micrometer, an employee's caliper — if it verifies your product, IATF 16949 7.1.5 makes it your audit finding, not theirs.
Out-of-Tolerance: The Reverse-Traceability Playbook
A gauge came back as-found out of tolerance. Here is how to scope every measurement it touched since its last good calibration — and survive the audit.